The data accessibility self-assessment tool is for use in data providing organizations to develop a benchmark to monitor progress in improving an organization’s policies and procedures for providing effective and easy access to the data and information held by them.

A PDF guide to using the tool, including the tool itself is available at:

Wording to assist users in positioning their organization on the ladders is only provided for scores ‘5’, ‘3’, ‘1’ and ‘0’. Score ‘2’ or ‘4’ if a description for level 1 or 3 is less than the situation in your organization but 3 or 5 describes a situation which your organization has not yet attained.

Acknowledgements:

Funding for the development of the Data Accessibility Benchmark was provided by the Adaptation Platform Program of the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division of Natural Resources Canada.